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In Marxism and America, an accomplished group of scholars
reconsiders the relationship of the United States to the
theoretical tradition derived from Karl Marx. In brand new essays
that cover the period from the nineteenth century, when Marx wrote
for American newspapers, to the present, when a millennial
socialism has emerged inspired by the presidential campaigns of
Bernie Sanders, the contributors take up topics ranging from memory
of the Civil War to feminist debates over sexuality and
pornography. Along the way, they clarify the relationship of race
and democracy, the promise and perils of the American political
tradition and the prospects for class politics today. Marxism and
America sheds new light on old questions, helping to explain why
socialism has been so difficult to establish in the United States
even as it has exerted a notable influence in American thought. --
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In Marxism and America, an accomplished group of scholars
reconsiders the relationship of the United States to the
theoretical tradition derived from Karl Marx. In brand new essays
that cover the period from the nineteenth century, when Marx wrote
for American newspapers, to the present, when a millennial
socialism has emerged inspired by the presidential campaigns of
Bernie Sanders, the contributors take up topics ranging from memory
of the Civil War to feminist debates over sexuality and
pornography. Along the way, they clarify the relationship of race
and democracy, the promise and perils of the American political
tradition and the prospects for class politics today. Marxism and
America sheds new light on old questions, helping to explain why
socialism has been so difficult to establish in the United States
even as it has exerted a notable influence in American thought. --
.
Radicals in America is a masterful history of controversial
dissenters who pursued greater equality, freedom and democracy -
and transformed the nation. Written with clarity and verve,
Radicals in America shows how radical leftists, while often
marginal or ostracized, could assume a catalytic role as effective
organizers in mass movements, fostering the imagination of
alternative futures. Beginning with the Second World War, Radicals
in America extends all the way down to the present, making it the
first comprehensive history of radicalism to reach beyond the
sixties. From the Communist Party and the Black Panther Party for
Self-Defense, its coverage extends to the Battle of Seattle and
Occupy Wall Street. Each chapter begins with a particular life
story, including a Harlem woman deported in the McCarthy era, a gay
Japanese-American opponent of the Vietnam War, and a Native
American environmentalist, vignettes that bring to life the
personal within the political.
Radicals in America is a masterful history of controversial
dissenters who pursued greater equality, freedom and democracy -
and transformed the nation. Written with clarity and verve,
Radicals in America shows how radical leftists, while often
marginal or ostracized, could assume a catalytic role as effective
organizers in mass movements, fostering the imagination of
alternative futures. Beginning with the Second World War, Radicals
in America extends all the way down to the present, making it the
first comprehensive history of radicalism to reach beyond the
sixties. From the Communist Party and the Black Panther Party for
Self-Defense, its coverage extends to the Battle of Seattle and
Occupy Wall Street. Each chapter begins with a particular life
story, including a Harlem woman deported in the McCarthy era, a gay
Japanese-American opponent of the Vietnam War, and a Native
American environmentalist, vignettes that bring to life the
personal within the political.
Of great relevance to contemporary debates about socialism and
democracy, Young Sidney Hook reopens the controversial question of
the relationship between Marxism and pragmatism. In the first
biography of philosopher Sidney Hook to be published since his
death in 1989, Christopher Phelps vividly describes the neglected
early thought and political history of this important New York
intellectual, pragmatist philosopher, and anti-Stalinist
polemicist. Throughout the Cold War decades, Hook was a notoriously
strident anti-communist. But in his earlier life, he had a very
different career as a talented radical philosopher and Marxist
scholar who argued for replacing capitalism with a more democratic
society. Challenging scholars on both the left (who see Hook's
early beliefs as ill-conceived) and the right (who see them as
immature), Phelps explores the contributions young Hook made to
social theory, ethics, politics, epistemology, and discussions of
scientific method.
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